2 Thessalonians 3:5

PRAYING FOR PATIENCE IS RISKY!

In our impatience we pray to God to make us patient, NOW! A student one day prayed."Lord, please teach me to be patient." The next day the student discovered to his disappointment that he was still as impatient as ever. Moreover, later he discovered to his dismay on coming back to the dorm in the university that he will be having one of the most difficult people in the dorm as his new roommate.

That semester the Christian student had to put up with a next to impossible roommate. He banged the door even when the Christian student was having siesta. He switched on his radio to loud volume even when the latter was studying. He scattered his things all over the furniture including the top of the bed of the Christian student. He used the latter's slippers and other things without prior permission and he did a thousand and one other irritating things.

Throughout the semester the Christian student struggled hard to put up with his difficult roommate. At the end of that semester the Christian student discovered to his pleasant surprise that he had, in fact, become a very patient person! The Lord has answered his prayer to be taught patience-in a way that he never envisioned or even wanted.